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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mordacious \Mor*da"cious\, a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere,
     morsum, to bite. See Morsel.]
     Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic;
     severe; scathing. -- Mor*da"cious*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Mordacious \Mor*da"cious\, a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere,
     morsum, to bite. See Morsel.]
     Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic;
     severe; scathing. -- Mor*da"cious*ly, adv.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  mordacious
       adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
              aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting,
              nipping, pungent]
       2: biting or given to biting; "they deliberately gave me a
          skittish and mordacious mount"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  mordacious
     a.
     1 Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive
     2 sharp or caustic in style or tone.
     3 Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.).
     4 Sharp in intent, sarcastic

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  mordacious
     a.
     1 Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive
     2 sharp or caustic in style or tone.
     3 Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.).
     4 Sharp in intent, sarcastic

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  mordacious
     a.
     1 Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive
     2 sharp or caustic in style or tone.
     3 Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.).
     4 Sharp in intent, sarcastic

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  mordacious
     a.
     1 Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive
     2 sharp or caustic in style or tone.
     3 Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.).
     4 Sharp in intent, sarcastic

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  mordacious /mɔːdˈeɪʃəs/ 
  1. хаплив 2.
  biting, causing a bite or sting
   3.
  prone to biting
  2. язвителен
  biting, sharp or caustic in style or tone
  3. саркастичен
  sharp in intent, sarcastic

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  mordacious /mɔːdˈeɪʃəs/
   [rare]  [fig.] beißend, bissig, ätzend, scharf, giftig, gallig [selten] , kaustisch  [geh.]  [selten]  [übtr.]
           Note: Äußerung
     Synonyms: biting, cutting, mordant, pungent, stinging, sharp, acid, acidulous, tart, caustic, snarky, trenchant
  
   see: mordant ridicule
  
           Note: statement

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]


  mordacious /mɔːdˈeɪʃəs/ 
  辛辣です

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  mordacious /mɔːdˈeɪʃəs/
  1. keskin
  2. alaycı, iğneli, istihza türünden. mordacity  keskinlik.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 辛辣的,锐利的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 辛辣的,锐利的,咬的

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